Medical professionals performing surgery. Limpopo Health MEC Dieketseng Mashego says the province has a backlog of breast reduction surgeries due to a lack of specialists. Mashego says that they only have one plastic surgeon in the province. MEC Mashego says that plans are underway to train and hire more plastic surgeons in the province to…
Pakistan team celebrating. Opener Saim Ayub scored a quickfire 71 from 38 balls and seamer Faheem Ashraf took 4-23 as Pakistan cruised to a nine-wicket win over South Africa in the second Twenty20 International in Lahore on Friday to level the three-match series at 1-1. Pakistan won the toss and chose to field first, making…
Soweto elders participate in the annual Gogo Joint Walk. Elderly people from across Soweto took part in a five-kilometre walk as part of the Annual Gogo Joint Walk initiative. In its 17th year, the event continues to encourage the elderly to stay active and healthy. The event organisers asked government to help support and fund…
Artefacts from the Royal Nkuna family have been returned to South Africa after more than a century abroad. The Nkuna royal family is elated as artefacts, taken over a century ago, are finally returned by Switzerland, items they consider vital not only to their family’s legacy but for South Africa’s national heritage. The restitution of…
The Ndabakazi intersection was notorious for numerous fatal crashes. Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has officially opened the billion rand Intermodal Interchange Project – including a taxi rank at Ndabakazi outside Butterworth, in Eastern Cape. The Ndabakazi intersection was a notorious interchange and the scene of numerous fatal crashes over the years. Creecy says the South African…
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe Two World Athletics employees and a contracted consultant systematically stole more than 1.5 million euros ($1.75 million) from the organisation over several years in a theft uncovered during an audit, the sport’s governing body said on Thursday. World Athletics said it discovered the theft during its first annual audit under…
Slain cousins killed in Mamelodi. Some women who paid tribute to two cousins who were gunned down in Mamelodi East, Pretoria, have expressed concern about their safety and protection. The women say government must put measures in place to protect women and children. 22-year-old Tshiamo and 21-year-old Baleseng Moramaga were laid to rest at Luckau…
Police vehicles parked at a station. Limpopo Acting Provincial Commissioner, Jan Scheepers, says they have put in measures to ensure safety during the festive season. Police have been conducting various operations across the province, including a series of raids in liquor stores at Mankweng outside Polokwane. They arrested suspects for various criminal activities, including possession…
Mamelodi Sundowns coach Miguel Cardoso says his players will have to produce something special to outplay the in-form Orlando Pirates on Saturday afternoon. The two teams will meet in a Betway Premiership match at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria. Log leaders Sundowns and third-placed Pirates are separated by only three points, but Bucs have two games…
Farm worker shot and killed in Free State, wife injured A farm worker has been shot and killed while his wife is recovering in hospital after being raped and stabbed during a farm attack in the early hours of Saturday morning in Heilbron, Free State. Police spokesperson Loraine Earle says 11 suspects, including two women…
